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Re: Obama says concerned China bullying others in South China Sea

Originally Posted by MildSteel

Even if the U.S. does not go along, Europe will move forward without the U.S. Not only that, but the U.S. simply cannot afford to build up the Middle East and East Asia at this point. It simply is not going to happen.

The opposite of bad diplomacy isn't war, it's good diplomacy.

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he stops voting for the Free Fish party.

Re: Obama says concerned China bullying others in South China Sea

Originally Posted by MildSteel

One possible reason why Obama has chosen to come to terms with Iran is to facilitate a pivot to the Asia Pacific so that the U.S. can deal with the perceived threat of the rise in Chinese power. However, I predict that this neocon based notion of pre-emption will create more problems than it solves.

Make no mistake, China was most certainly in mind with that proclamation.

Yep, all the while that USFP is driving Russia and China closer together. Think Russia would side with the US in the event of hostilities with China. Or that China would side with the US in event of hostilities with Russia. Both Russia and China have been clear that they will work against the uni-polar world that they see as a threat to global security.